Yesterday when the young people created trouble in our neighbourhood, the police came straight away to deal with it. in Tetun
Horiseik joven sira halo problema iha ami nia bairu, polísia mai atua kedas.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
Time expressions
Temporal connectors
kedasCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Horiseik joven grupu rua seran malu iha Hudi Laran halo ema kanek barak.Yesterday two groups of young people attacked one another in Hudi Laran, injuring many people.
- Ohin polísia hadame joven na'in rua ne'ebé baku malu hori kalan.The police reconciled the two young people who had a fight last night.
- Favór ida ko'alia ho ami nia ajente kona ba krime ne'ebé ita boot haree horiseik.Please speak with our police agent about the crime that you saw yesterday.
- Polísia apela ba joven sira atu la bele tuur iha estrada ninin iha kalan boot.The police have appealed to the young people to not sit by the roadside late at night.
- Polísia duni tuir joven na'in rua ne'ebé sa'e motór la uza kapasete.The police chased after two young people who were riding motorbikes without wearing helmets.
- Joven sira fa'an modo tau iha karosa dudu hale'u bairu ida ba bairu seluk.The young people push wheelbarrows around from one neighbourhood to the next selling vegetables.